The New York Herald Newspaper, November 7, 1878, Page 6

6 NEW YORK TERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR. Wished every de Juded), T v month f THE DAILY W ree cents ps a can hare w Baris agive BOOTH WAL a Bovrrr. s Wier, Morier AXP SoN. AK Sas K OW. AINKD Honses. PARK TI GILMO} Ly —Josnva Wirrcoxs, BOW ATHE—Rose. Micnes. GERMANTA THEATRE BAN FRANC TIVOLI TH ACADEM THEATRE COMIQU TONY P BY. J Eis Kixp p TRIPLE SHEET. NEW YORK, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1878. Herald Circulation, One hundred and sixty-two thonsand three hundred and seventeen (162,317) Henaxps were sol yesterday. Dhe probabiliiies are that the weather in New York: and i ‘cinily today wili be cloudy and wermer, we row i will be wavm din, Tomo aud tempora clearing, followed by inereasing sloudiness and rains. Want Srreer Yestreypay active and strong. 100%. Gov r, States lent he stock market Gold was steady nmment bonds dull and railroads strong! Money at 3 per cent and clesed at 4 per cont, SpECULATING IN Corroy on short inargins is a poor Ww At least a jury thought so yesterday. of doing business. APECULATORS IN Stocks will tind food for re- flection in the of Glasgow Bank sharelold- ers which we publish to-day. Thr Parersos Powe eling the J out finding the I in une own : glare fp Avi. Disarrointen Porrriciaxs followed Hue nple of the one who cominitted suicide geste field of would soon be- come y oper onc. et Activiry of our firemen is ‘The latest instance of this 1 the rescue of two halt suilo- Lmen in Kust Thirtieth street. Pre is de Tur estate spondent in st CoNprrtion the Sprague hed by our Providence corre- The creditors lephant on their hands. other colon. seem to have a Tue Catiponsians make a good deal of fuss over the Chin n Franciseo Board Underwr ected a Chinaman named W u insarance broker after re- jecting sev nite men. ot and death as often A desperate prise did his best on Thesday night to mur- der Offiecr Price, but the patrolmay proved the victor and the assailant is safe in prison. Ovr Portce Pack Daw im the as does the soldier ible death at New- n of aweill he is remar » how careless y familiarity with danger. fhe the unfortuyate man was quite Lovis Brecuirr met a te iy by the ¢ h of dramatic. des Thy n place WrATHER in t the territory nor Territory from these that 7 and Ties: ‘The great whieh ntry 1 of high bal ust of the Rocky d and intin- overlay the co Mountains has been par meved southeast w the partly cession thi and from the r The low barome ast held its p * that Northwest gradnally oeeupied the area of the gonriand Upper Mississippi valleys, Following it from the northward an area of high pressure deseended 0 Manitoba and the mpper lake The distance between the mar. gins of the eastern and western depressions decreased rapidly until they met, and then there formed across the lakes and the Middle and New England States fa well defined zone ef low pressure having at the western end a disturbance whieh is rap yauizing inte a storm. Asa mattier of ¢ in the wind directions, the contrasts of nd relative humidity created within this | cided conden dorms of ele rometric trough more ot loss de- 4 the x tended from the lower Takes to the Eng: Jand const, and eve in New York some Tight snow fell during yesterday mornin id last evening, The quentity, liowever, was un ftiwasnrably small. The e'oud tends from Minnesota to the Middle Atlantic | froust, but not far verth ov south, As the eentre D the western depression moved southeast- ward oid the high barometer descended over the lakes kteep gradients were formed and high yortheasterly winds developed in Minnesota, ° Wisconsin and Northern Michigan. Tempera tures have'become very variable, but are high- est in and west of the Central and Lower Micsis sys, and lowest from New Brana- over Car , the lakes and westward wick, 5 New York and 4ts y will be cloudy and warmer, with ruin, = Toanor it will be warm and tem- porarily thir, followed by increasing cloudiness and raing, The weather in ow. .{ done so they have. gained. ‘ | one instance out of many, Mr. Chittenden -| land, 1; Virginia, 3; West Virginia, 1; | | North Carolina, 5; Georgia, 1; Alabama, area now ex. | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1878—TRIPLE SHEET. The General Result. In spite of the democratic losses of Con- i gressmen, which are serious in this, ana | some other States, they will have a majority | in both houses in the next Congress. !n | the Senate,. after the 4th of next March, they will have a majority of nine, without including Senator David Davis, who figures as an independent. In the House, leaving aside California, which does not elect its four Representatives until next year, and which now has two of each party, the dem- ocrats will have a majority of over twenty, according to present. acon ns, which cannot be much changed by fuller reports. ‘This leaves out of the count the greenback- ers, for it would be a mistake to ‘count these as swelling the democratic majority, because some of them are of republican antecedents, and therefore likely: to vole with the republicans on | general questions, But party bonds hang | so lightly on Congressmen in these days } and both parties are so devoid of ques- | tions on which their members -agree | that partisan majorities are mainly impor- tant because they will control the election of Speaker and the formation of the com- mittees of both houses. There will be, of course, other contingencies in which the fact. that both houses are demo- | cratic will be of moment; and it may happen that the possession of this pre- dominance may force upon the demo- crats a sense of responsibility which shall enable their leaders, if they are. judicious and determined, to impose upon the party a definite policy. Leaving out Nevada, from which decisive reports have not yet come, and California, whose delegation is at present tied, the democrats have a majority in nineteen State delegations and the republicans in seven- teen. It Nevada and California should both give republican majorities the House ona count of States would be equally balanced. But it is not probable that the next Presi- dential election will have to be decided by the House. The democrats must see by this time the folly of encouraging the greenback move- ment, from which somé of them, as Senator ‘Thurman, hoped for important advantages, Not only has the silly and undemocratic surrender of so many democrats to the infla- tion and paper money swindle given the astute republicans an opportunity to grasp. for themselves the sound and evidently pop- ular policy of hard money, but the sup- | position of mep like Mr. Thurman, that | the greenback movement would cause losses to the republican party is so entirely fal- lacious that in fact the democrats have lost several districts @d the control of at least two important States Connecticut and New Jersey—by democratic votes drawn off into the greenback ranks. The elections of Tuesday show clearly that the republicans have benefited greatly by the green- back craze, not only because this j hes drawn off democratic voters, but also because it forced the republi- cans to take positive ground on the currency question, and wherever they have o take only in Brooklyn made his whole canvass on the currency question and took the most ex- treme hard money ground, denouncing even the silver movement and the sacred “dollar of the daddies ;’ yet his majority increased from two hundred and fifty in 1876 to over six thousand last Tuesday. Mr. Morton also carried a democratic dis- trict as a distinct and uncompromising hard money man. We advise the democrats to | unite to get the currency question out of polities ; they have always blundered and lost with it, and they ouglft by this time to see that for their safety as a party it ought to be settled as soon as possible, The greenback-national party failed to put in an appearance almost everywhere, and its boasted -strength, which so badly | frightened the politicians of both parties | during the summer, led Senator Thurman out of true democratic paths and kept Sen- ator Conkling long silent, to the grief of his friends, turns out to have been mere empty brag. General Butler is beaten by over | twenty-five thousand majority, although the hard money vote was divided upon two candidates; and there are but six green- | backers in the new House, instead | of the eighty-three members of Con- gress their Western orgdas bad the hardihood to claim in October. The ‘list published at that time, only | a month ago, by the greenback-national or- | gans i@such 2 curiosity now that we pre- scntit here. They claimed that they would elect Congressmen in the following States:— Maine, 2 ; Massachusetts, 2; New York, 12; New Jersey, 1; Pennsylvania, 10; Mary- |; Mississippi, 2; Louisiana 3; Texas, 1; Arkansas, 1; Tennessee, 3; Missouri, 7; Kansas, 1 ; California, 2; Iowa, 4; Iino! 10; Michigan, 6; Wisconsin, 4 ; Indiana, 3; Ohio, 3, and Kentucky, 3. It should not be forgotten by the public that in several Southern States, as in North Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama and others, | the carpet-bag republicans united with the greenbackers in the hope by such a coali- | tion to gain some offices; but they appear to have failed entirely. The Southern re- publicans everywhere adopted inflation platforms, and showed themselves as devoid | of principle on the currency question as upon others, But it must be added that in | Arkansas, Alabama, Missouri and some L other Southern States the democrats were | no better than their opponents, The elections passed off peaceably every- where, and for the first time in many years— since the war, in fact—perfect order pre- | -vailed in all the Sonthern States. Neither the democratic éty of Fraud” nor the re- | publican exposure of the cipher despatches appears to have affected the voters percepti- | bly, which shows that the people are not disposed at this time to bother themselves with the past. Had the democrats taken | positive ground in favor of a sound and honest currency, os mahy of their | | most prominent men—Senator Bayard, Governor Seymour, Senators Kernan, Ran- dolph and others wished and urged, all the signs show that they would have made Jarge gains in the fate elections, besides securing the confidence of the country for | | stan}. the future, As their case stands they ave a divided party, who can become harmonious and united again only by getting the currency question out of poli- ties as quickly as possible ; while the repub- licans have evideatly recovered from their discouragement and are united and confi- dent, Silver in the Cabinet. Washington despatches report that the President and Cabinet are considering the silver question. In the language-of the In- diana Haptist preacher’s opening prayer, “on this subject we would not presume to advise, but only to suggest;” and our sug- gestion is that the administration shall be as bold as they ought to haye beew when the silver bill came up before Con- gress at the last session. Everybody knows that even a slight pressure from the Presi- dent and Secretary Sherman at that time would have prevented the passage of the bill, Partisan considerations led the re- publicans to favor the measure then; but the recent elections and the general refusal of the people to use the silver dollar should encourage the President now to take a de- cided stand in his recommendations to Con- gress. ® Silver can be utilized in the country at present only as subsidiary coin. other capacity. ‘But to make it useful even as subsidiary coin Congress must direct that it shall be redeemed by the Treasury like the greenbacks. If that is done silver will come into general usg, and the coinage of it may be continued at the presént rate for @ yearwr two without any serious pub- lie injury. If it is redeemable in gold or greenbacks at the Treasury in moderate fixed sums the country may use a hundred millions or more of it. But so longas this is refused, the silver coins, even the half and quarter dollars, will be a burden and loss to the community. These small coins are so already. The banks refuse to receive them on deposit, and dealers are obliged to sell them at a discount to get rid of their accumulations. This of course makes all silver unpopular. Moreover, we trust the President and Mr. Sherman will urge upon Congress the immediate neces- sity of redeeming the trade dollar. This coin is now refused, not only by banks, but by railroad companies and by many deal- ers, and it is fast drifting into the pockets of the laboring people, who must suffer con- stant loss in paying it out. This is a gross injustice to them, who ought not to be losers by a coin of their own government. A Dancing Georgian. While a low necked clergyman of Brook- lyn has been plunging, for the sake of his innocent flock, into all sorts of scenes of debauchery in New York, and relating his experiences therein to crowded and de- | lighted audiences, the Georgia Presbyterian Synod has been listening to the opinions of its reverend members on the subject of round dances. Naturally some of these opinions were founded on experience, Brother Block had been convicted of the crime of waltzing, not like a dervish or David before the ark, or Mr. Talmage in the throes of a sermon, but of walizing with a women. His horri- fied church had cut him off; the Presby- tery had sustained the church, and all the powerful clerical minds of that persuasion in the State were wrestling with Brother Block's appeal. After a week's hot work the appeal was sustained, and now the Presbytery appeals in turn to the General Assembly of the Church, which meets in May, 1879. Thus, what began in a parlor in Georgia to the strains of Strauss will become a national question amid the thunders of the Presbyterian Church, In view of all this it is well to know how they look at it in Georgia. Some of the clergy- men, it appears, had seen various kinds of dancing with the naked eye, ‘Lhere seemed to be a curious general admission that man might dance alone, and that woman might dance alone, but there the line had to be drawn. The style of argument may be in- ferred from Rey. Leftwich’s address, in which he said :—‘‘It is lawful for the sexes to disrobe separately; it is wrong for them to disrobe together.” Stripping to his work and applying this argu- ment to dancing he said:~ ‘Separate | the sexes and you deal a fatal blow to the modern dance.” He remembered when the waltz was the most lacivious; then ‘came the polka; then the German and ‘‘worse still.” It may strike some worldly people that the reverend gentleman's facts are mixed, and | his observations a little wide of the mark; but then, although he knew so much he did not claim to be an expert. Not all, not even a majority of the Synod, took this Many liberal views were expressed. Still,\if dancing is to be a crime, we want to know what the assenting judges think, Rev. Mr. Cartledge had never se n danee until he was twenty years of age, a then it was ‘“‘an old square dance." ‘Lhe effeet on him he describes as something awful. It was, he says, ‘“‘calenlated to inspire the licentious feelings of the heart.” Nev. Mr. Cleveland had seen ‘‘stag’ ances at col- lege, but’ he says, and no wonder, that they did not fascinate him as did the ‘pro- miscuous social dances” he saw at home, Rev. Mr. Milner was in favor of dancing tops, dancing waves and dancing lunatics, but he abhorred seeing a man and woman dance, for it was as fascinating as it was fashionable. This is ali very grim and very Calvinistic; but it is qneer how a lady in the mazes ot the dance appears to nffeet these hardened old saints, who should be proof against a great deal more. Chinese Treaties and The Methodist Missionar, which has been in session her completed its work and a day. Missions, Committee, fora fe urned yester- It appropriated $575,000 for mission work at home and abroad and $95,000 for the reduction of its debt, so that th at large will be asked to contribute altogether for missions in 1879. This was important work, but it is in a sense purely local and denominational. Not so, how- ever, the action of the committee on the Chinese question, “Io give practical expression and effect to their views on this question the Methodist Missionary Committee yesterday appointed an in« finential sub-committee of bishops, min Until the | _silver market settles it will be a curse in any | | | social and religious circles, | power isters, and laymen to look after all the interests involved in the Chinese ques- tion in Washington nixt winter. Under our policy heretofore of admitting the Mongo- lians into every part of this continent their governments have allowed our missionaries and traders to go into every part of their countries and to carry on evangelical or com- mercial operations, If any change should be made in the present status of the three governments it would undoubtedly very seriously affect all our interests, whether religious or commercial, in China and Japan. Hence the importance to the Church and missionary societies of main- taining the present status or securing more liberal treaties. . Willi Tammany Be Reorganized t ‘Lhe democratic politicians of the city have always formed a different estimate of the value of the Tammany Society from that held by other citizens of New York and by men of their own party outside the city. All other men save the city democrats think that the proper thing to be done with ‘Tam- many is to extirpate if, All recent experi- ence demonstrates that the organization can be so used as to concentrate political over a large body of voters in one man or a small clique or ting. This is so undemocratic, so subver- sive of every. principle of republican equality, that most democrats outside the city and all republicans, both here and elsewhere, would join heartily in the cry, “Down with Tammany!” if they saw a reasonable chance of uprooting and abol- ishing this mischievous compound of arrogance and servility—arrogance on the part of one or more leaders and servility on the part of. abject followers. Why should the democratic party be organized on a different plan from all _ other political parties? Why should the democracy of the city of New “York be differently organized from the de- mocracy of every other large city in tke United States? Tammany 1s a perpetual source of division and weakness both in the city and in the State. an election in which a large portion of the democratic voters of the city are not in open rebellion against the trained majority, ‘and their quarrels are carried into almost every democratic State Convention. If Tammany were abolished thgre would be no more difficulty in maintaining the unity of the democratic party in New York than in other States. But we doubt whether Tammany will be abolished or any essential change made in the character of the society. The fittest time for discarding and destroying it was immediately after the overthrow of the Tweed King, when Tammany had become so odious and infamous that it was the in- terest of the democratic party to rid itself forever both of the name and the thing. But instead of this sensible course the corrupt Ting was no sooner driven out of power and covered with ignominy than a vigorous attempt was made by the reform democrats to reconstruct the dis- graced organization and make it a powerful engine of local politics in new hands. Even previous to the democratic cry fora ‘‘re- formed Tammany” in 1872 it was the aim of the reformers to capture Tammany, and not abolish it. The so-called ‘‘young democ- racy” in their memorable fight in 1870 came near ousting Tweed from the control of Tammany, ‘weed savirg himself on that occasion by locking the doors of the hall and shutting out his opponents. We sup- pose that as soon as the dust and smoke of the recent election have cleared away another attempt. will be made by the bolters 10 capture and reorganize Temmany in the interest of so-called reform. It is indispensable for the Tilden-Robinson wing of the party to do this as a means of controlling the next State Convention. After the Ist of January Tammany, under its present chief, will no longer dispense any patronage, and desertions from Mr. Kelly will then cost nothing. Mr. Tilden will exert all his astuteness and craft to cause a mutiny in ‘Tammany against Mr. Kelly and then have his friends step in and wield the or- ganization in his interest. | Whether he succeeds will depend very much on the course of Mayor Cooper, who has other obligations than those he owes to Mr. Tilden. The Mayor-elect has received more republican than democratic votes, and it is to be presumed that he will deal honorably with all sections of his constituents, a ma- jority of whom have no interest in playing the game of an ambitious democratic poli- ; tician., But, more than this, Mayor Cooper owes & paramount obligation to the city. It is his chief duty to give us good govern- ment, and we should be sincerely sorry if he should let anything interfere with this paramount duty. Dean St y's Departure. This eminent clergyman sailed for home yesterday afternoon in the Cunard steamer Bothnia, thusending a brief visit to Amer- iea which must have been pleasant to him as well as agreeable to his entertainers, | We expressed a desire and intention to re- visit the United States, a purpose which may be fulfilled without inconvenience by a gentleman who, though so long and widely known in literature and the Church, is barely sixty-four years of age. ‘Lhis first brief visit has been very actively spent. Dean Stanley has made wide excursions both in our States and in Canada, and has had favorable op- | | luxurious parlors at home are filled with worth the attention of a foreigner in the | portunitics for observing whatever is best social and religious life of the country. The evidences of our not claims to social courtesies; but no preceding traveller has enjoyed dur- | ing so short a stay such facilities for studying the social and intellectual culture and the domestic life of our people as this eminent divine: fo an opinion which has been expressed | that these attentions and hospitalities were overdone, The good Dean has not been the gnest of public bodies, but of private fumilies in vavious towns and cities, who have taken pains to make him acquainted | with agreeable people in their respective itis only his There is seldom, material condition | present themselyes to the notice of all | travellers, whether they have or have | We cannot assent | private entertainers who have incurred any expense on his account, and their hospital- ities have not been disproportioned to the so- cial standing of the guest in hisown country, Some of our religions denominations have indeed taken pains to show public marks of respect, but not in such a way as to violate good taste. tie Methodist bishops feel grateful tc Dean Stanley for having :admit- ted into Westminster Abbey a monument to Wesley, their great founder, and the Bap- tists presented him an address of apprecia- tion because of his fairness as an ecclesias- tical historian in stating the real method of administering the rite of baptism during the early ages: of the Church. There was nothing obtrusive in those demonstrations of regard and recognition. The rest has been mere private hospitality, although on a scale suited to the eminent social, literary and ecclesiastical character of the guest. He has seen a great deal that is novel, and re- | turns home with pleasant impressions of his visit. It is an ‘advantage to, both countries for its best people to know and |. appreciate one another, and everybody should be glfd that American society has been exhibited to so discriminating, candid and experienced a judge as the eminent Dean ot Westminster. The New Mayor's Patronage. The election of a friendly majority of the Board of Aldermen makes Mr. Edward Cooper's victory a substantial one. With- out this majority his hands would have been tied at the commencement of his official carcer through inability to secure the confirmation of his appointments. With it he steps at once into control of the city patronage, and, what is ef paramount im- portance, obtains at an early day a majority in the Board of Apportionment, which holds authority over the city estimates and appropriations. The Board of Apportionment is composed ' of the Mayor, Comptroller, President of the Department of Taxes and Assessments and President of the Board of Aldermen. The next President of the Board of Aldermen will be anti-Tammany, whether a democrat ora republicaa, and will on January 1 next take the place of Alderman Roberts in the Board of Apportionment. Mr. John Wheeler, the present President of the De- partment of ‘faxes and Assessments, is a Tammany democrat, but hus always acted with independence as a member of the Board... His term of office, however, ex- tends only until May next, when Mayor Cooper will have the power to appoint his successor, the President of the De- partment being, under the charter, desig- nated in his appointments. The Board of Apportionment will then stand politically with three anti-Tammany or Cooper mem- bers against Comptroller Kelly singly. The Board has power to fix the amount of appro- priations for the several departments by a majority vote, although the final estimate must receive the signature of all the four | members before it becomes opezative. The aflirmative vote of three members may au- thorize the issue of stocks and bonds pro- vided for by law, thus giving the majority the power of issue in such cases as the Brooklyn Bridge. It will be seen at once that it is very important for thé Mayor to hold the majority of such a Board. The patronage falling under Mayor Cooper's control immediately he takes of- fice comprises the clerks and subordinates in his own department, two Commissioners of Accounts, who hold @ffice at the Mayot's pleasure only, and seven members of the Board of Education. ‘Iwo vacancies at present exist in the Police Board for full terms, and if these ‘shall not be previously filled by Mayor Ely and the present Board of Aldermen Mayor Cooper will probably make the appointments promptly to the new Board. But as the Police Commission- ers now holding overare the republican members of the Board their places wiil no doubt be filled by republicans, There is also a vacancy for Mr. Andrews’ unexpired term in the Tax Department, but this will no doubt be filled by Mayor Ely. On May 1 next, besides the President of the Tax Depurtment, Mayor Cooper will ap- point one commissioner in each of the departments of Charities and Correction, Docks, Fire and Excise, and a Superinten- dent of Buildings. He will appoint a Com- missioner of Pablic Works in December, 1879 ; seven members of the Board of Edu- cation on January 1, 1880 ; a Commissioner of Parks in May, 1880, and » Comptroller and Corporation Counsel in Dec@mber of that year. ‘lhis is certainly a large amount of patronage to distribute ino term of two years, without reckoning vacancies that may occur by death, resignation or re- moval, and if Wl these important offices are carefully filled the city will feel the benefit | for many years to come. What the Snow Brings. In November we naturally look forward to the first fall of snow as marking the com- mencement of the winter season. ‘The Deautiinl featherlike flakes that silently float downward and cover the dull earth, the grave‘and the flower garden alike with the royal mantle of spotless white, come tous with messages, some of joy and, too many, of sorrow. ‘The wealthy and young and happy see through the curtain of the snowfall visions of pleasures to be shared with those they love in the bright winter time, when the merry sleigh bells shall tinkle melodies in the°ears of well furred and wrapped revellers, spinning along the Boulevard or through the Park; when the quesis; when the glitter and glory of the opera or the ball are to be enjoyed to the full, ‘The children think of Santa Claus and his gifts of toys and Christmas trees loaded with pretty things, and of smiling and generous parents and friends, whose delight it is to make these young hearts beat faster with happiness. These are the pleasant things to be seen and the joyous thoughts called up by some people when the snow falls the first time in November, But let us Jook yt another picture, It is not an inviting one by any means. We | stand by a half darkened window in « miserable, fireless tenement attic. There ave hungry and almost naked children standing near us, A woman, in little better than rags, is trying to keep the vital heat in a pale faced infant. man, a husband and father, lies dying ou some straw in a corner of the apartment. His torn and toil-soiled garments are spread over his emaciated bod to keep him as warm as possible. He is the last hope df his family ; for work, health, savings, every- thing is gone. What dreadful thoughts fill his mind when he hears that it is snowing. He will be dead before the meadows are green again nnd cares little for him: self, But what of his wife and chil- dren? To him the falling snow is a frightful sight, tor who knows as well as he what it means ? We hav? tried tp sketch an outline of what may be seen on both sides of that curtain of falling snow. ‘he reader can easily fill in the details, To those whose hearts are not wholly given up to selfish pleasure seeking the first fall.of snow should serve as a reminder of the duty they owe to the ‘overwhelming mas jority” represented by the suffering poor. England In India. Now that it is tolerably clear that the English in India were training their guns on the Ameer of Cabul without having pro- vided the ammunition to fire them, diplo- macy has been given a chance while the wagons“ are working up. Sir Henry Havelock, whose military fame was mainly won in India, and who an- nounced himself as opposed to letting Russia have her own way while England waits events, has expanded his views in a letter, from which we print an important extract elsewhere. Looked at between the lines his propositions are that Russia should be given inducements to scek further con- quest eastward -- namely, at the expense of China instead of India. An alliance with the Ameer, guarantecing him his northern and western frontier, is the sop for Afghanistan; and, most important of all to India, he proposes the acquisition of the mountains through which runs the Khyber Pass, so that there might be no need to go to Cabul to defend India against allcomers. This litter, with, if possible, ‘the posting of a British force at Candahar, _ would, he thinks, be the true way to strengthen the line of the Indus—namely, by taking up the positions in front of it which would sereenaninvader. Sir Henry talks of purchasing this territory from the Khyberees, but he evidently means, ‘‘buy it cheaply in money if we can, and at any cost by force if we must.” ‘This is nota very heroic plan, but it has the weight of a name honored in England and India, of a man who has the advantage of knowing just what work the Kugsians can do, for he was with. them before Plevna in 1877. But the first reckoning must be with the Ameer, and in- directly with Russia. The Khyberees might be willing to sell, but might not be able to deliver. ‘Lhat discontent should have arisen re- garding Lord Lytton’s hasty course is whag might be expected of the sober second thought in England. It, as is rumored, he is about to be recalled and Earl Dafferin should be appointed hig successor, it will show that the diplomatic campaign is in- tended to be more effective than the late preparation to advance from. Peshawar. ‘The difficulty which would induce England to “‘swap horses crossing the stream” must _ be a live one, but the late Governor General of Canada would. be just the man for ‘the occasion. Underground Telegraph Wires, The city of Philadelphia has determined that the telegraph campanies shall place their wires under ground and dispense with the poles, which are regarded as an obstruc- tion and disfigurement in the streets. There fre so many reasons why the telegraph wires should be placed under ground in New York that it is surprising the compa- nies themselves have not made the improve. ment long ago. The construction of the elevated railroads makes the removal of the poles all the more desirable. Why should not New York follow the example of Philadel- phia in this matter? PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE, After January 1 the Chicago Times will be eight columns wide, Mr. Wayne MacVeagh, of Pennsylvania, is at the Albemarle Hotel. Secretary Gorham of the United States Senate has gone home to California, A wealthy German has purchased a mantel clock for $15,009. Snrely time is money. Mr. Murat Halstead, of Cincinnati, arrived from Ea- rope yesterday and is at the Brevoort House. Professor Agassiz has been in the copper region of Lake Superior and las started for Cambridge. ‘The editor of the Yonkeg Gasetle had a cat which he named Plutarch because it had so many lives. A Buffalo idiot urges that the United States Senate be removed to Nevada for the accommodation of Sem ator Sharon. ‘Phe probable reason why policemen’s hands are so cnormous is that they are compelled to fit their hands to enormous gloves. Justice dis back from California and is in his accustomed seat at the extreme left hand of the Su- preme Bench at Washington. Mr. John G. Thompson, Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives, having for a long time” been in ill health, has yone to California, New Orleans Picayune:—"A piano solo, not #0 loud as to be disagreeab! ffords an audience am oppor+ tynity to talk at aconcert, Managers generally put three or four of them on # programme.” Mrs. Bloomer, who did not originate, but who first publicly advocated the wearing of the costume which bore her name, is living at Counetl Bluffs, Iowa, The originator of the costume was # daughter of Gerrit Smith. The father and the husband of Mrs, Langtry, the "famous London beauty from the Isle of Jemey, do not at all approve of her being @ “popular beauty,’ but her head has been turned and there is a great deal of gossip. For the Bohemian Club of San Franciseo Thome sHill has painted a portrait of Oliver Goldsmith ase brother ‘Bohemian,’ " quartered with scones from the poet's writings, A very interesting account of the club has been written by Mra, Partington Shillaber, A pious French priest recently gave out an ane nouncement of a procession to take place the next day as follows :—-"If it rains in the morning the pro- cession will take place in the afternoon, and if it rains in the afternoon the procession will take place in the morning.” Empress Eugénie must keep up befitting style at Chiselhurst on $12,0004a year, She is very anxious for the marriage of hee son, the Prince Imperial, with Princess Thyra, of Denmark, ‘The Princess can hav only the interest on $100,000, while the Prince ha it nothings js is the real English style of paragrapbing:= “Tie Amecr (a mere) will be subdewed (wed) unles throngh the Amercjeerest trifle, The goviarnjern ment may have ment (meant) well, but it should take some of the Ameor's soldiers and urn (that is bury, the old-fashioned coffins being urns) them,’